Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States
Process
The recruiter was very responsive and nice. My interviewer was nice but not very engaging. He helped when needed and provided some tips.
The interview was an hour long. 30 minutes were Python trivia questions (polymorphism, memory management and garbage collection, etc.), and the remaining time was a coding problem.
The coding problem was not LC style but was more focused on OOP principles. The trivia questions portion was only supposed to be 15 minutes long, so I think the interviewer should have realized and moved onto the programming problem so that I would not have been rushed to come up with a solution.
Ultimately, I did not advance after this. The programming problem wasn't hard but definitely was a good assessment of OOP coding. I thought it was a good interview experience and made me practice my coding (beyond LC memorization).
Questions
Same as the other two reviews before mine. Design an airline ticketing system to calculate ticket prices.
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Zoox's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zoox's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
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